I received my new rotary machine in the mail last Friday and I've been itchin' to try it out ever since. Since I didn't want to experiment with a new machine on my own leg, I decided to wait to scratch that itch on practice skin. It just so happens that inspiration hit late last night, which had me tattooing this eagle until about three in the morning. Thanks, inspiration... way to hit as I'm going cold turkey on coffee. Alright... not completely cold turkey... but decaf is like showering with no soap or shampoo... it kinda feels the same, but you don't get the full effect. Anyways, here's some pics of the beautiful rotary and the eagle I shaded with it. Linework is from Chad Koeplinger's sketchbook and the shading is from my brain.

And yes, in case you're wondering... that IS a swastika pattern on the machine. The swastika is an ancient symbol, used to represent good fortune, thousands of years before the Nazis pimped it as their logo. Read more here... Thanks for reading!